History of a street · 1070 Anderlecht

Rue de la Mécanique

In Dutch: Werktuigkundestraat

Rue de la Mécanique, in Anderlecht, has 21 buildings on the Atlas map, for 25 addresses. It was mostly built between 1970 and 1989: 67% of its buildings appear in that period.

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When the street was built

  • before 14000
  • 1400 – 15990
  • 1600 – 16990
  • 1700 – 17990
  • 1800 – 18490
  • 1850 – 18790
  • 1880 – 19130
  • 1914 – 19441
  • 1945 – 19692
  • 1970 – 198914
  • 1990 – 20094
  • since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 1: 1938.

Today's buildings, grouped by the period when the Atlas map first shows building on their plot. Approximate reconstruction.

Where its name comes from

Kind of name
Descriptive name
Theme
Economic life
Named in
1925

Source: Odoniris, database of Brussels street names (EBxl), CC BY-SA 4.0.